The First Emancipation: The Abolition of Slavery in the North |
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Page 205
... despite the beneficent results of the gradual abolition law , many Negroes still languished in slavery . A house committee agreed with the Friends ' contention that slavery was incompatible with the natural rights philosophy ...
... despite the beneficent results of the gradual abolition law , many Negroes still languished in slavery . A house committee agreed with the Friends ' contention that slavery was incompatible with the natural rights philosophy ...
Page 207
... Despite the errant ways of some freedmen , " a large portion of them are entitled to the reputation of respectable , indus- trious , and useful Members of Society . " Philadelphia free Negroes also petitioned for the defeat of this bill ...
... Despite the errant ways of some freedmen , " a large portion of them are entitled to the reputation of respectable , indus- trious , and useful Members of Society . " Philadelphia free Negroes also petitioned for the defeat of this bill ...
Page 209
... Despite the laws prohibiting the importation of slaves , unscrupulous masters continually brought Negroes into the state , after buying them in another state ( usually New Jersey ) and manumitting them subject to their agreeing to serve ...
... Despite the laws prohibiting the importation of slaves , unscrupulous masters continually brought Negroes into the state , after buying them in another state ( usually New Jersey ) and manumitting them subject to their agreeing to serve ...
Contents
THE TRIUMPH OF GRADUAL | 169 |
BEYOND GRADUAL ABOLITION | 201 |
APPENDIX | 231 |
Copyright | |
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